An original will of James Adam “late of the City of Cincinnati and State of Ohio, but now temporarily at Nashville, Tennessee,” dated August 7th, 1885. Illustrates the first page of the document. Adam’s will was presented for probate to the...

An original will of John Sumpter Anderson, not dated. Illustrates the first page of the document. Anderson’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court during the November Term of 1886. The verso of the will cites “Will Book 29,...

A photograph of the Drouillard Mansion, located at the corner of Vauxhall (Ninth Avenue) and Demonbreun Streets, in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally a red brick mansion built circa 1886, it was the residence of James Pierre Drouillard and wife Mary...

Tarbox School opened in 1880 on 17th Avenue between Hayes Street and West End Avenue. It was named for L.G. Tarbox who served as principal of Hume school. In 1886, a new three story, brick building with a six story bell tower was constructed and...

A photograph of the First Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, located at 108 Seventh Avenue South, on the corner of Broadway and 7th Avenue South, showing the original steeple tower and adjacent upper arch structures, during an early phase of the...

An historic marker for the Nashville Y.M.C.A. that reads: “On this site in the Christian Church the Nashville Young Men’s Christian Association was organized May 18, 1875. Its first building, erected 1886 on Church between Cherry and College, was...

An undated copy photograph of United States Army Captain James Pierre Drouillard, an 1861 graduate of West Point and an officer of the United States Army who served in the American Civil War. A native of Gallipolis, Ohio, he is pictured wearing his...

A photograph of Captain James Pierre Drouillard II, the son of Mary Florence Kirkman Drouillard and James Pierre Drouillard. He was born in Nashville in 1874. His great-grandfather was Anthony Wayne Van Leer, the founder of the iron works,...

A Real Photo postcard of the Tarbox School, originally belonging to Sara Webb, a student who was in the fifth or sixth grade around 1932. This view shows the front exterior of the three-story school building prior to the structural damage caused by...

North Edgefield Baptist Church was organized in 1886. The congregation dedicated this building at the corner of Treutland and Meridian Streets in 1892. The first pastor was Thadius T. Thompson. In the mid 1970's the congregation at North...

A cabinet card portrait photograph of Dr. W. L. Dudley, a distinguished scientist, lecturer, and head of the Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Dudley was born in 1859 in Covington, Kentucky. He earned his...

Mary Frances "Fannie" Battle in her later years, with grey hair, light blue or grey eyes, and wearing glasses and a white shirt. Mary Francis "Fannie" Battle (1842-1924) was a Nashville humanitarian and social worker who was known during her...

A photograph of the First Baptist Church located in downtown Nashville at the northeast corner of 7th Avenue and Broadway. The First Baptist Church was originally organized in the year 1820. Members met for services in the Davidson County...

A photograph of The Wallace University School baseball squad, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1914 and 1933. This university preparatory school was founded in 1886 by headmaster Clarence B. Wallace, who had earned his M. A. at the University of...

The West Meade Mansion was built in 1886 by U.S. Supreme Court Judge Howell E. Jackson, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of General William G. Harding. The stately red brick mansion with a huge porch is built in the French Victorian style....

An original will of Kate Badoux, of Nashville, Tennessee, dated November 12th, 1886. Illustrates the first page of the document. Badoux’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court during the October Term 1891, recorded in “Will ...

A photograph of Kayne Avenue Missionary Baptist Church located at 1025 Twelfth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was founded in 1886 and has been under various names including College Street Baptist Church and Pennington...

A photograph of Mary Florence Kirkman Drouillard, between 1890 and 1905. She was born in Nashville on August 23, 1843, the daughter of Hugh Kirkman and Eleanora C. Van Leer. She was educated in local private schools and completed her education in...

A photograph of the tombstone of William Driver in Nashville City Cemetery, 2000. Driver is credited with nicknaming the American flag "Old Glory." A master mariner, on an 1831 voyage to the South Pacific aboard the 110-ton whaler Charles Doggett,...

A newspaper image of Ollie Beard (Oliver P. Beard), the short-stop and captain of the professional baseball team the Nashville Americans. In 1885, the Southern League was formed, and Nashville’s entry into the new league for two seasons was the...